FIL Literature Award in Romance Languages,
bestowed by the Civil Association of the Juan Rulfo Latin American and Caribbean Literature Prize

The $150,000 FIL Literature Award is presented in recognition for lifetime achievement in any literary genre. Past recipients include: Nicanor Parra (1991), Juan José Arreola (1992), Eliseo Diego (1993), Julio Ramón Ribeyro (1994), Nélida Piñón (1995), Augusto Monterroso (1996), Juan Marsé (1997), Olga Orozco (1998), Sergio Pitol (1999), Juan Gelman (2000), Juan García Ponce (2001), Cintio Vitier (2002), Rubem Fonseca (2003), Juan Goytisolo (2004), Tomás Segovia (2005), Carlos Monsiváis (2006), Fernando del Paso (2007) and António Lobo Antunes (2008), Rafael Cadenas (2009).